The Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line is a railway line connecting
Bakhtiyarpur on the
Howrah–Delhi main line and on the
Gaya–Kiul line, both in the Indian state of
Bihar
Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...
.
History
The line has its origins in
Bakhtiyarpur–Bihar Sharif light railway, which was a -wide
narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter cur ...
laid by
Martin's Light Railways from
Bakhtiyarpur to
Bihar Sharif in 1903 and extended to
Rajgir
Rajgir, old name Rajagriha, meaning "The City of Kings," is an ancient city and university town in the Nalanda district of Bihar, India. It was the capital of the Haryanka dynasty, the Pradyota dynasty, the Brihadratha dynasty, the Maurya ...
in 1911.
It was converted to in 1962.
[ The broad-gauge line was extended from Rajgir to Tilaiya and opened in 2010. The line is to be extended up to Koderma. Feasibility studies for the electrification of the Manpur–Tilaiya–Kiul sector and Fatwa–Islampur–Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir sectors were announced in the rail budget for 2010–11. Survey work for doubling of this line has been completed and is awaiting the green signal from Railway Safety Commissioner.
]
Electrification
The Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir section was electrified in 2016–2017, while the Rajgir–Tilaiya section was electrified in 2017. The Tilaiya–Gaya section was electrified along with the Gaya–Kiul line in October 2018.
Workshops
Carriage Repair Workshop in Harnaut has the capacity to repair and refurbish 500 or more coaches annually.
Important stations
, , and Harnaut are important stations on this line.
Rajgir
Rajgir, old name Rajagriha, meaning "The City of Kings," is an ancient city and university town in the Nalanda district of Bihar, India. It was the capital of the Haryanka dynasty, the Pradyota dynasty, the Brihadratha dynasty, the Maurya ...
and Nalanda
Nalanda (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: , ) was a renowned Buddhism, Buddhist ''mahavihara'' (great monastery) in medieval Magadha (Mahajanapada), Magadha (modern-day Bihar), eastern India. Widely considered to be am ...
, located on this line, are popular tourist destinations and are part of the Buddhist Circuit of Bihar. Pawapuri
Pawapuri, or Pavapuri (also called Apapapuri, meaning "the sinless town"), is a holy site for Jainism, Jains located in the Nalanda district of Bihar state in East India, eastern India. It is located about 19 kilometres from Rajgir and 101 kilo ...
is a significant site on the Jain Circuit of Bihar.
Sections
* Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir section
* Rajgir–Tilaiya–Gaya section
* Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line
* Harnaut–Mokama section
References
External links
Trains at BakhtiyarpurTrains at RajgirTrains at Tilaiya
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